チェーンゲームとしてみたいこと / Chain Game and Something You Want To Do - Intermediate Low, Japanese 202, Lab 03

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by Amber Hoye, Theadora Callahan, Deana Nassans, Ethan Hoggan, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

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チェーンゲームとしてみたいこと / Chain Game and Something You Want To Do - Japanese, Intermediate Low

Description:

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to practice describing and listing items/topics. Students will also explain what they would like to do in a given situation.

Proficiency Level:

Intermediate Low

Keywords:

Japanese, Japan, Nakama 2, chain game, trying something, Chapter 6

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards

  • Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 
  • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Japanese on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of Japanese culture.
  • Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of Japanese culture and their own

Idaho State World Language Standards:

  • COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions. 
  • COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
  • CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
  • CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
  • COMP 2.1: Identify, describe and compare/contrast products and their use in the target culture with the learner’s culture.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can list factors that lead to a result or conclusion or imply a reason
  • I can explain what I would like to do
  • I can understand and interpret what others say

Materials Needed:

Warm-up

1. Display the "Google Slides" and begin by introducing the Can-Dos for today’s activity.

"こんにちは。今日の Can-Do Statementsは..."

2. Students will play the chain game. You will give a topic to the students, and each student will give one description of the topic. The students will make one long sentence using each of their descriptions, connecting them with 「〜し」. For example, if the topic is "dog," Student A will say "My dog is small." Student B will then say "My dog is small and cute." Student C will say "My dog is small, cute, and black" and so on and so forth.

“今からチェーンゲームをします。お題を言うので、皆さんは「〜し」を使って文章を作ってください。例えば、お題が「犬」だったら、Aさんは「私の犬は小さいです」と言います。Bさんは「私の犬は小さいし、かわいいです」と言います。Cさんは「私の犬は小さいし、かわいいし、黒いです」と言います。”

“I'm going to play a chain game now. I ’m going to tell you the title, so please use“ ~ shi ”to make a sentence. For example, if the theme is “Dog”, Mr. A says “My dog is small”. B says, "My dog is small and cute." C says "My dog is small, cute and black." ”

Main Activity

1. Students will now explain what they would want to do if they were something else. Each student is to answer all the questions/topic.

“今から皆さんが〇〇だったらしてみたいことを聞いていきたいと思います。”

“I want to ask you what you want to do from now on.”

2. Use this model for an example:
        1. Topic: If they were a dog.
            問：もし犬だったら、何をしてみたいですか？

What would you like to do if you were a dog?

            答：もし犬だったら、１日中寝てみたいです。

If you are a dog, you want to sleep all day.

Wrap-up

Ask some of the following questions to finish the lab: 

１日入れ替われるとしたら何になってみたいですか？

1. What would you like to be if you were replaced one day?

2. 今日中にしてみたいことは何ですか？

2. What do you want to do today?

3.  今週中にしてみたいことは何ですか？

3. What do you want to do this week?

4. 今月中にしてみたいことは何ですか？

4. What do you want to do this month?

5. 今学期中にしてみたいことは何ですか？

5. What do you want to do during this semester?


6. 今年中にしてみたいことは何ですか？

6. What do you want to do this year?

7. 死ぬまでにしてみたいことは何ですか？

7. What do you want to do when you grow old?

End of lab:

• Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence. 
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) 
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
• Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can list factors that lead to a result or conclusion or imply a reason
  • I can explain what I would like to do
  • I can understand and interpret what others say

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